Morioka Domain (盛岡藩, Morioka-han) was a tozama feudal domain of Edo period Japan. It was ruled throughout its history by the Nanbu clan. It was called...

Morioka (盛岡市, Morioka-shi) is the capital city of Iwate Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. On 1 August 2023, the city had an estimated...

Ietsuna divided the 100,000 koku domain into Morioka Domain (80,000 koku) and Hachinohe Domain (20,000 koku). Hachinohe Domain thus had a somewhat ambiguous...

was the seat of the Nanbu clan, a tozama daimyō clan who ruled over Morioka Domain, Mutsu Province in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan during the Edo...

refer to: Morioka (surname), a Japanese surname Morioka Domain, a former subdivision of Japan Morioka University, a university in Takizawa, Iwate, Japan...

Bakumatsu period Japanese samurai, and the 15th and final daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 41st hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

as daimyō of Morioka Domain under the Edo-period Tokugawa shogunate. The domain was in constant conflict with neighboring Hirosaki Domain, whose ruling...

1664) was an early Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 2nd daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 28th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

loyalist domains such as Aizu/Wakamatsu or Morioka/Morioka were organized in prefectures (urban -fu and rural -ken) while all other feudal domains (-han)...

clan of Morioka Domain and prospered due to its fishing industry and location on the road connecting Morioka Domain with the Hirosaki Domain. During the...

Nanbu clan was allowed to survive as 2300 koku hatamoto serving the Morioka Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. Their revenues were increased to 5000...

Toshitomo (南部利義, 12 January 1824 – 21 August 1888) was the 13th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan and the 39th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu clan...

1896) was a Bakumatsu period Japanese samurai, and the 14th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 40th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

Jūjirō (新渡戸 十次郎, 1820–1868) was a Japanese samurai and retainer of the Morioka Domain in the late Edo period. His father was Nitobe Tsutō. He was the father...

1820) was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 10th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 36th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

mid-Edo period Japanese individuals who served as the 11th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan and the 37th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu clan...

the Nambu clan of Morioka Domain during the Edo period. The “Kosaka-kaido” highway connecting Morioka Domain with Hirosaki Domain passed through Kosaka...

1707) was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 5th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 31st hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

1855) was a late Edo period Japanese samurai and the 12th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 38th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

an early to mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 3rd daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 29th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

70 years. The area around Shingō was controlled by the Nanbu clan of Morioka Domain during the Edo period. During the post-Meiji Restoration establishment...

(1664-1871) – Branch of Morioka han Kunohe (unknown dates) – Branch of Morioka Domain, corresponded to modern Kunohe District, Iwate Morioka (de facto: 1592-1871/de...

an early to mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 4th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 30th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

1752) was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 7th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 33rd hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

under the control of the Nambu clan during the Edo period, who ruled Morioka Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. In the Meiji period, the village of Takizawa...

Hachinohe in 1627. This formed an unofficial subsidiary 12,500 koku domain of Morioka Domain, which lasted until the Meiji restoration. With the Meiji period...

1780) was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 8th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 34th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

1725) was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 6th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 32nd hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

furnace he produced in Mito Domain in 1855. He returned to Morioka, and assisted by an engineer on loan from Satsuma Domain, built a new western-style...

Fujimura was born in Hokkaidō. His grandfather was a former samurai of the Morioka Domain, and his father relocated to Hokkaidō after the Meiji Restoration as...